The Blog of North Wales photographer Simon Kitchin

Simon Kitchin is a highly regarded photographer from Mold, North Wales, who specialises in landscape photography. He is also the author of the popular guidebook, Photographing North Wales. Simon dedicates a significant portion of his time to capturing the breathtaking mountain scenery of Eryri Snowdonia National Park, renowned for its dramatic peaks and serene beauty, as well as the stunningly picturesque coastline of Anglesey. In addition to these locations, he also explores and photographs the diverse landscapes of the Dee Valley around Llangollen, which offers its own unique charm and character.

With nearly 20 years of experience hosting landscape photography workshops throughout North Wales, Simon possesses an expert knowledge of the region and its hidden gems. If you are interested in enhancing your photography skills, he runs regular one-day workshops in Eryri Snowdonia and on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey, in addition to providing fully customised one-to-one workshops tailored to your individual needs.

If you’d like to keep up to date with the latest news from North Wales landscape photographer Simon Kitchin including details of new photos, photography workshop availability and publication of his North Wales calendar this blog page is frequently updated so please do drop by to see the latest information from Simon.

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Aurora display at Penmon lighthouse Anglesey

The Northern lights over Penmon Lighthouse Anglesey

Another photo of the best aurora display ever in the UK captured at Penmon lighthouse Anglesey in North Wales. A truly magical evening in North Wales photographing the Northern lights. I've visited Anglesey many times over the years but it's never looked quite as amazing as this with the best aurora display in the UK so far. During this extremely rare display of the Northern lights in North Wales I was able to photograph colours that are much less frequently seen that the usual greens & pinks. The night sky was like a rainbow of colours with red, purple & yellows all displaying strongly, probably a once in a lifetime Aurora event for North Wales

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More North Wales aurora photos from Penmon Anglesey

A stunning Aurora display over Anglesey in North Wales

What a spectacular aurora display of the Northern lights it was on Saturday 12th May. Here's a another north wales aurora photo from Penmon lighthouse on Anglesey, just amazing colours

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Stunning Northern Lights aurora over Anglesey & North Wales

Breathtaking Aurora display of the Northern lights over Anglesey in North Wales

An amazing aurora display of the Northern lights here in North Wales last night. I headed for Penmon lighthouse (Trywn Du) on the Isle of Anglesey hoping to capture the aurora and I wasn't disappointed. The Northen lights lit the skies above Penmon lighthouse for several hours, I arrived at 10.30pm and was still taking photos at 2.30am the next day. The aurora display was pretty spectacular with the skies full of amazing colours, at times almost like a rainbow. Feel free to have a browse of my North Wales aurora photos in my North Wales & Anglesey photo galleries.

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